Several groups of children have particularly high levels of anaemia. These include children aged 12-23 months (77.7 per cent as per NFHS-II), children of higher birth orders (78.4 per cent as per NFHS-II), rural children (75.3 per cent as per NFHS-II), children whose mothers are illiterate (78.2 per cent as per NFHS-II), children of SCs (78.3 per cent as per NFHS-II) and STs (79.8 per cent as per NFHS-II), and children from poor families (78.7 per cent as per NFHS-II).
Según el NFHS-2, varios grupos de niños tienen niveles particularmente altos de anemia, a saber, los niños de 12 a 23 meses (77,7%), los niños nacidos en un orden más alto (78,4%), los niños rurales (75,3%), los niños cuyas madres son analfabetas (78,2%), los niños de las SC (78,3%) y de las ST (79,8%), y los niños de familias pobres (78,7%).